About Mary
Mary Honeyball uses a gentle, person-centred approach to help people facing anxiety and stress. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment ideas to guide practical work. Mary keeps language simple and focuses on what will make everyday life easier for a worried parent or an overstretched professional.
Mary has worked in the United Kingdom for 20 years. Her background includes supporting people with depression, low self-esteem and motivation problems that often follow persistent anxiety.
Background and approach
She also helps those coping with grief, relationship strain and major life changes. In sessions she aims to create an open space where thoughts and feelings can be talked through without judgement. The conversation moves at a steady pace and focuses on small, practical steps people can try between meetings.
She also pays attention to patterns from early relationships that still affect current reactions. Mary supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, eating and sleeping problems, parenting stress, anger and career worries. She is aware of how seasonal mood changes, including Seasonal Affective Disorder, can affect energy and motivation.
Her approach is collaborative. Mary helps set goals together and adapts techniques to suit each person. The emphasis is on realistic, achievable changes that fit around family life and daily responsibilities.
Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions help
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps in that direction. It combines practical exercises with learning to notice unhelpful thoughts so they have less control over choices. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how these shape present reactions and emotional needs; it can help with relationship strain and intimacy concerns. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on a warm, non-judgemental conversation where the counsellor follows the person's lead and helps them find their own solutions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mary treats this as a collaborative process and will discuss which ideas might suit each person's goals and circumstances. Together they try techniques, review what helps, and adjust the plan as needed.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from different locations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use a camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit short check-ins, quick reflections between sessions or times when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit counselling around family life, work and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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